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Random waking times have had enough!
« on: June 03, 2015, 19:02:49 pm »
Hi my DS was a good night sleeper for me anyway ever since he was born he had the same wake time in the night every night 10pm, 1am, 4am. Then after a month old it dropped to just 1am and 4am. At around 3 and a half months and this only happened a few times, he was waking at around 2 and sleeping through till 7. I was ecstatic especially because his day time naps are really short I couldn't wait till night time when he was so predictable and I could get some sleep! Then just before 4 months he was waking randomly sometimes every hour at the moment its around 10pm/11pm, 1pm, 2/3pm after this usually sleeps till 6 when my alarm goes off. Im still dealing with short naps but it seems to be going really well but the night times I cant get a hang of. He is 6 months and BF our routine goes a little like this but it changes because of short naps:

Also Ive been waking him at 6 so we can have a consistent morning wake time is this ok or should I let him sleep till he wants?

A 6:00
E 7:00 sometimes a little before nap
Solids - 8:30
S - 9:45
A - 10:45 this changes he was sleeping usually an hour but yesterday it was nearly 2 hours since extending A time a little further
E - 11:00
Solids - 12:30
S - 2:00
A - 2:30/3:00
E - 3:00
Solids - 5:00
BT - 7:00 ( this is when he is asleep I start routine at 6:30)

I know hes wake time before bed is long Im working on that it doesn't always happen sometimes if he wakes early second nap Ill put him down for a cat nap. It never mattered if he had cat naps or if I managed to extend one or 2 naps he would sleep and wake the same times.

Also I was feeding every time he was waking I thought it was a grothsurt because that's what someone told me then after that I couldn't get him back to sleep without feeding.
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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2015, 19:07:04 pm »
What happens when he wakes? How do you settle him?





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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2015, 19:31:47 pm »
Lately Ive been doing shush/pat pat then picking up till he stops then shush/pat again. I haven't been really successful at PU/PD he just arches his back and screams, if that doesn't work I feed him. The last couple of nights I've only feed him twice when he woke and last night I ended up giving him a dummy I was just so tired.



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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2015, 19:51:25 pm »
Why is he awake so long before the first nap? That's a long A time for just 6 months, I think those 1h naps are probably OT....he's getting fairly low sleep amounts for his age, 11h broken at night plus 1.5-2h in the day.  I'd be looking at not waking in morning until 7am (allow for 12h night) and pull those A times back a bit if it were me, as far as to 3h or so.

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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2015, 19:56:01 pm »
Hi his wake time used to 1hr 45 and he would wake at 40 minutes Ive gradually lengthened till I was getting a longer nap Ive posted on another forum for short naps Anyone used baby sleep consultants? .

So sometimes he will wake 7, 6:30 or 6 so should I just leave him and let him wake when he wants I just thought it would be better if im putting him down the same time everday



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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2015, 20:44:30 pm »
Is he an independent sleeper or do you have to shush pat him all the way to sleep?





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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2015, 20:55:01 pm »
Yes goes to sleep by himself a night and for naps apart from if hes really OT



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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2015, 08:58:53 am »
Just wanted to add when I do manage to get him back to sleep at night without feeding he wakes an hour later



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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2015, 09:11:48 am »
Sounds like hunger then? Am I missing something? Sorry reading on my phone on a very hot train!! Is he getting plenty of milk in a day? Do you do a dream feed?





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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2015, 09:30:29 am »
Hi I thoght it was but 3 times a night seems a lot? I think he has enough in the day and also has 3 meals. I sometimes dream feed if i stay up long enough usually go t bed at 9 when I around 10.30 he sleeps till 1



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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2015, 10:07:30 am »
It is a lot - just wondering what could be up. I'd work on him going back to sleep independently at night as well as at bedtime/naps - it is perfectly possible to have a prop only for overnight and not at any other time. (both mine have done this). How many milk feeds is he having in a day?





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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2015, 10:20:24 am »
He has about 4 bf and 2 top ups. He goes to sleep by himself at night and for naps. I was thinking maybe a cuski could help, if he had something to hold that smelt like me.



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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2015, 10:22:06 am »
^^ I see that he's sleeping independently at night and for naps, but we just need to be mindful that is happening for night time wakings too.





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Re: Random waking times have had enough!
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2015, 20:03:23 pm »
I went to df last night but he was aready awake at 10 think i may have woken him when i went up earlier. I feed him at every waking 10,1,5. Its quite hard to settle him if its been 3 hours since his last feed at 1 i tried to keep waking him so that he would eat more and he seemed to sleep longer 4 hrs and then he might of been cold the temp droped quite low last night